Wallabies world cup squad selection

No, but I would point out that Carter is also at the back a fair bit, and that QC is a much much better counter attacker than both those you mentioned.

Of course it is for the defensive issue first, but the counter would get the strategy over the line.

He wasn't discovered as accident, it is pretty obvious that he is good in broken play and he also moved to FB a few times for the Reds before he was being hidden in defense there (covering for Hynes being injured).

The good thing is we'll suddenly have a world class bench, e.g.:

Slipper
Nau
Vickerman or Simmons
Samo
Burgess
Barnes or Horne
Mitchell

It read that way, particularly this:

I'd direct you to this post.

Mitchell is definitely world class. Vickerman used to be and may well become so again. Barnes is a talented and smart football player. Samo seems to have a second wind.

I don't know if it would. When you have Beale, JOC and Ioane as a back 3 (and Mitchell coming back) do you really shuffle your defense around THAT much to get QC back there?

The point was if he was shit at counter attack, then he would have to learn how to tackle in the front line.

I'm not sure a world class bench has to consist of world class players. What I mean is it will be one of the strongest benches in the comp, for a change.

You sometimes have to laugh at all the crapping on about individials in what actually is the greatest team sport of all.

Are you going for a thread record with the term 'world class'?

I'm just curious with the Matt Giteau saga, him tweeting that he's been dropped before the official announcement, he can get into a lot of hot water for it right?! Like take Cory Jane for instance who got fined for tweeting his non selections well before the official announcement or Digby who vented his own opinions on a certain referee..

I call it how I see it.

You underestimate Carter's all round football ability at your peril. He's a bit like Wally Lewis - he doesn't look fast enough but when it counts he's fast enough and he controls a game from wherever he happens to be.

I don't think it really matters how QC's counter-attacking prowess was "discovered". Not all great things are planned, they are quite often serendipitous. Having Digby defend at #10 and Quade move to #15 seems to work at the moment, so who cares? As long as they perform it's a trivial issue.

see JOC thread

Gotta give Deans and Link credit really, how many coaches could have him on the field without ending up with blood pressure problems?

Watched Rob Horne go around for Southern Districts today at Manly Oval, made some tackles, hit some rucks, did not see him touch the ball, ran as a "wood duck" every time Southerns back line ran the ball. Serious case of self imposed cotton wool, often was 5 m in front of the 12 before the halfback had fired the ball to the 10.
Be lucky(Faainga and AAC would need to be broken) to be on the bench by the world cup quarters on todays showing IMO.